The Government of Canada today announced that Quebec shipbuilder Davie has pre-qualified to become the third strategic partner under the country’s National Shipbuilding Strategy. The NSS’s third yard will build six program
The Canadian Coast Guard is to procure six new program icebreakers to replace the heavy and medium icebreakers that operate in Atlantic Canada and the St. Lawrence waterways during the winter and
With Arctic maritime activity steadily increasing, ABB has opened a Marine Service Center in Murmansk, Russia,, the world’s largest city above the Arctic Circle. ABB’s technologies are widely used for vessels operating
AUGUST 14, 2018 — President Donald J. Trump yesterday signed the $717 billion John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) at a ceremony at Fort Drum, New
AUGUST 11, 2018 — Following up on an Advanced Contract Award Notice (ACAN) issued in July, Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, has awarded a $610-million
JULY 22, 2018 — On behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, Public Services and Procurement Canada has issued an Advanced Contract Award Notice (ACAN) to shipbuilder Chantier Davie of Lévis, Quebec, for
JANUARY 30, 2018 — After intensive at-sea trials and testing, Canada’s Department of Defence has formally accepted Asterix, the Resolve-Class Naval Support Ship created by Davie Shipbuilding by converting an existing containership.
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 — Philly Shipyard ASA reports third quarter results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2017 that included net income of $17.1 million for the quarter and$36.5
JULY 12, 2017 — The U.S. lacks icebreaking capability in the Arctic and Antarctic and should build four polar icebreakers with heavy icebreaking capability to help minimize the life-cycle costs of icebreaker
NOVEMBER 17, 2016 — The Government of Canada today published an RFI seeking “information regarding the potential pricing and availability of interim measures to provide icebreaking and towing services.” It looks a
